3PAR InForm® OS 2.3.1 Concepts Guide (320-200112 Rev B, February 2010)

6.3
Port Location Formats
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm OS Concepts Guide
6.2.1 Fibre Channel Ports
InServ Storage Servers use Fibre Channel ports to connect controller nodes to hosts and drive
cages. For information about controller nodes and drive cages, see Chapter 13, 3PAR InServ
Storage Server Hardware.
6.2.2 iSCSI Ports
InServ Storage Servers use iSCSI ports to connect controller nodes to hosts. For information
about controller nodes, see Chapter 13, 3PAR InServ Storage Server Hardware.
6.2.3 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
InServ Storage Servers use Gigabit Ethernet ports to enable the 3PAR Remote Copy over IP
(RCIP) solution, and to connect the primary and secondary storage servers in the remote copy
pair. For information about Remote Copy, see the Remote Copy User’s Guide.
6.3 Port Location Formats
The InForm CLI and the InForm Management Console display the controller node Fibre
Channel, iSCSI, and Gigabit Ethernet port locations in the following format:
<Node>:<Slot>:<Port>. For example:
2:4:1.
■ Node: Valid node numbers are 0-7 depending on the number of nodes and the storage
server model.
■ Slot: Valid slot numbers are 0-7 for S-Class and T-Class storage server nodes, and 0-5 for E-
Class and F-Class storage server nodes. Slots are numbered consecutively from left to right.
■ Port: Valid port numbers are 1-4 for each Host Bus Adapter (HBA), ports are numbered
consecutively from top to bottom on most nodes.
For information about controller nodes, see Chapter 13, 3PAR InServ Storage Server Hardware.
For more information about physical port and HBA locations, see the InServ Physical Planning
Manual for your InServ Storage Server model.
NOTE: The iSCSI ports in an InServ Storage Server controller node can only be
used to connect the storage server to a host computer.